Making Cork Stamps

If you’re in the habit of collecting things like I am, you likely have a bunch of wine corks taking up residence in the cookie jar just begging to be put to some kinda use. Ya do, don’t ya? Well guess what, I know just the thing. Cork letter stamps. These are useful and cute, they lend gobs of personality to cards, gift wrap, artwork, blogposts… and best of all, with a few simple tools and materials, they are pretty easy to make.

Here’s what you’ll need:

many corks

craft foam (Note: You’ll be using craft foam to create the letter part of the stamps. Because this project requires only tiny pieces of foam, this is the perfect opportunity to use up any odds and ends you have kicking around.)

foam craft glue (I used Aleene’s FunCraft Foam Glue. It’s good stuff. Other glues might work too but I suggest testing them out first. Foam can be tricky where adhesion is concerned.)

pencil

small handsaw

sandpaper

Step 1. Prepare your cork. Start by cutting off the skewered end of the cork with a small handsaw.
Step 2. Then, with a piece of sandpaper, smooth down the freshly cut cork surface and round off the edge. This is to be your glueing surface.

Step 4. Using a pencil, lightly draw your letter onto the foam. Before cutting it out, compare the size of the letter with the cork surface to be sure the letter will fit the cork. Try to make your letter as large as possible. This will prevent the edges of the cork leaving unpretty ink marks all over your precious paper or fabric.

Step 5. Cut around the outline of the letter with a fine-tipped pair of scissors.

Step 6. Dab a thin layer of foam craft glue (I suggest Aleene’s FunCraft Foam Glue) to the FRONT of the letter (You need to glue it on backwards for your stamped letter to have the correct orientation.)

Well blow me……I just thought these lovely letters were 'of old' and that I'd missed their debut, turn's out they are brand new and…….how exciting, I've got a bag of corks under the stairs. How did you know!!

Love both your fonts! What a great idea! So now the husband and I need to empty some bottles before I can get started! I’m sure we will have a bliss of a time. Maybe my new font should be called blissed by the booze!

You've been drinking alot of wine! I saw the title, and thought you were going to cut the corks so there would be a cork letter. So much safer your way… I don't even know if the other would be possible. Thanks for the tut. Love your blog!Hugs!

It certainly looks like I've been partaking of the wine, doesn't it Terri? Hee hee… Yeah, I think it would be difficult to carve out letters in the cork itself, unless they were very blocky maybe? Perhaps one day…

awesome! We have made some cork stamps doing the carving mehod, but the combo of my rudimentary carving skills & safety concerns made that a set of a few stamps only. These are so great, and I love that you can customize with your child's font!

Yay, this is so great! I love the idea and I definitely need to make my own font, too. Thank you so much for the tutorial. Now I just need some more corks… (let me think, there might be something in one of my kitchen drawers…)ok, maybe not so many more, I've just found 35 of them 😀

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